The best beaches of Malaga

The best beaches in Malaga

• Playa de la Malagueta: A town beach that has been awarded a blue flag, located 10 minutes from the centre in Paseo Pablo Picasso, 1200 metres long, busy, black sand, good facilities, life guards, accessible by bus, restaurants and beach bars.
• Playa Palo: Located next to El Candado marina (good for sailing, diving and swimming…) many little coves, quite busy, life guards, promenade, good atmosphere, facilities, restaurants, beach bars, car park.
• Playa Huellín:, A town beach, located in the promenade named after Antonio Banderas, good atmosphere, quite busy, beach bars, life guards, good facilities, accessible by bus.
• Playa Las Acacias: Very popular beach, so get there early. Grey, fine sand, excellent facilities, 1200m long and 20m wide it is divided into sheltered sandy coves by long rocky breakwaters. Very popular with young people. Lively promenade.

Playas near Malaga. If you are looking for quieter more secluded beaches then hire a car and drive a short distance along the Costa del Sol to the following beaches:

• Playa Torrox: About 30 miles up the coast, this is a much less-crowded beach. Just 300m long. The only inconvenience is its proximity to the main road.
• Playa Benajarafe in Velez Malaga: Just a short drive away, some regard this as Malaga’s best beach. Dark, fine sand, over 4km long and 33m wide.
• Playa Almayate Bajamar in Velez Malaga. Nearly 4km long, this nudist beach gives you an idea of what the coast used to look like before tourism took over. Plans to build a promenade however may mean that it’s time asMalaga’s only unspoilt beach is limited

Malaga City disposes of 16 beaches, amongst others Guadalmar, Huelin, La Malagueta, Pedregalejo and El Palo. The majority of these urban beaches consist of rather dark sand and are heavily frequented in summer, whereas the beaches in the eastern part of the city (Pedregalejo, El Palo, Peñon del Cuervo) are less busy and change in consistence from fine sand to pebbly underground.

Torremolinos, maybe the most famous tourist town along the Costa del Sol, has very pretty beaches, too, for example Los Alamos, Playamar, El Bajondillo or La Carihuela.

Another town with the reputation of having excellent beaches is Fuengirola, with the 10 km long promenade “Paseo Maritimo” dividing the beaches Carvajal, Torreblanca, Los Boliches and Fuengirola.

Last but not least should be mentioned Nerja, a real insider’s tip: Its beaches are small and dreamlike, and most time of the year they are not as heavily frequented as other beaches of the Costa del Sol.

The Costa del Sol